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Sacha

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 11:41:11 +1300

take my husband, please

Steve Barnes

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 11:23:46 +1300

I don't like weddings, especially if they're my own but I've been to a couple. I consider that Big o' me.
/grabs morning coat and top hat.

Lucy Telfar Barnard

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 03:00:47 +1300

Remember the punishment for bigamy is very harsh – two mothers-in-law!Hilarious. Or might be, if I was male and born about 50 years earlier. My mother-in-law is awesome, and I'd very happily have two people like her in my life.

I realise this comment puts me in danger of proving…

Jeremy Andrew

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 22:05:52 +1300

Remember the punishment for bigamy is very harsh – two mothers-in-law!

paynter

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 21:17:32 +1300

I love papers past!!

You're welcome.

Coming soon: more Auckland papers, and a range of smaller titles listed here.

Jackie: I think Bigamy must have been our National Crime, in the early colonial days. (Later, I guess, it was the misappropriation of land. Now?)

Papers Past can of course give…

Jackie Clark

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 19:10:45 +1300

Oh no, it was far more salacious than that. My great great grandfather was a bigamist. Gasp!

Sacha

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 18:14:07 +1300

a batch o inferior glaze :)

Jackie Clark

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:17:47 +1300

If it weren't for Papers Past, I may never have discovered the real scandal in the family.

Ben Austin

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 12:58:11 +1300

The liberal media certainly have a lot to answer for, promoting recreational usage of what was once a fine curative island.

Sadly I shall have to pine from afar for both Rotoroa and the other one

Damian Christie

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 12:53:56 +1300

@Ben – yes it's become very trendy with the liberal media of late it seems – I saw a magazine article the other day somewhere too. Note the correct spelling if you plan on going there though, lest you end up in a thermal wonderland :)

Ben Austin

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 10:57:50 +1300

Great post. I was listening to RNZ's Spectrum program, which went to Rotorua Island, so it is nice to put some images to the audio

JacksonP

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 18:55:23 +1300

Thanks for mentioning Papers past, never knew it existed, wonderful!
Wow! Don’t know if link will work, but this page with snippets of Te Kooti updates from 1889 is absolutely fascinating. On the right side of the page.

Jos

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 18:41:59 +1300

Thanks for mentioning Papers past, never knew it existed, wonderful!

Russell Brown

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 14:14:05 +1300

Meh. I give Waiheke third place, after Otago and Martinborough – but my mate does a good job at Man 'O War, has to be said.

And I can report that their newish tasting pavilion right on the bay is a very pleasant place to spend an hour or two.

Damian Christie

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 13:12:30 +1300

Meh. I give Waiheke third place, after Otago and Martinborough – but my mate does a good job at Man 'O War, has to be said.

Sacha

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 19:32:12 +1300

We don't grow the best wine in the country

Marlborough and other regions would agree

Damian Christie

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 17:02:09 +1300

I love papers past!!

Hans Versluys

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 16:50:16 +1300

As one of the smug Waiheke dwellers, I can endorse the assessment of our island's micro-climate. We don't grow the best wine in the country without it. Weather bomb-schmeather bomb. Good to hear you had a swell time on Rotoroa. Oh, and if you had ever run out of booze,…

Public Address

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 16:50:16 +1300

Discussion from blog post.